cuboid (redirected from cuboids)

cu·boid  (kyboid)

adj.

Having the approximate shape of a cube.

n.

1. Anatomy A tarsal bone on the outer side of the foot in front of the calcaneus and behind the fourth and fifth metatarsal bones.

2. Mathematics A rectangular parallelepiped.

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cu·boidal (ky-boidl) adj.

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cuboid [ˈkjuːbɔɪd]

adj also cuboidal [kjuːˈbɔɪd^əl]

1. shaped like a cube; cubic

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) of or denoting the cuboid bone

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Anatomy) the cubelike bone of the foot; the outer distal bone of the tarsus

2. (Mathematics) Maths a geometric solid whose six faces are rectangles; rectangular parallelepiped

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	cuboid - a rectangular parallelepiped parallelepiped, parallelepipedon, parallelopiped, parallelopipedon - a prism whose bases are parallelograms
Adj.	1.	cuboid - shaped like a cube cube-shaped, cubelike, cubical, cubiform, cuboidal cubic, three-dimensional - having three dimensions

Translations

cuboid [ˈkjuːbɔɪd]

1. adj → cuboide

2. n → parallelepipedo rettangolo

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cuboid [ˈkjuːbɔɪd]

1. adj → cuboide

2. n → parallelepipedo rettangolo